loose lips sink ships.

trade secrets leaks are most often made inadvertently by employees. explaining what trade secrets are and their value to your company can go a long way to making sure these valuable assets stay in-house. most employees want to do the right thing, they just need to know what it is. plus, educating your employees about what constitutes your trade secrets can make it easier to stop a former employee from using your trade secrets if that employee leaves your company.

etherton law group provides informative and entertaining seminars about patents, trademarks and trade secrets. we customize the seminars to explain about the specific dangers relating to your industry or department. for example, the type of information that needs to be protected by the sales team is significantly different from the r&d staff, and it is protected in different ways. even in tough-to-change corporate cultures, we can convince your employees to value your intellectual property.